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CASE INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, SECTION 7.13 OF THI~ RAMSEY CITY CODE ENTITLED PAWNBROKERS By: James Way, Sergeant, Ramsey Police Department Background: The Ramsey City Code, Chapter 7, deals with licenses; Section 7.13 deals specifically with the licensing of pawnbrokers. Upon review of paragraph 7.13.06 entitled Holding of Property, staff has concern with the sentence "No personal property deposited with or purchased by a licensee shall be sold or permitted to be redeemed from the place of business of licensee until five (5) days after the copy of the records required by City Code Section 7.13.04 have been made available to the Chief of Police, except upon written permission of the Chief of Police." What staff disagrees with is the five days. Staff is recommending increasing the five days to 30 days, which would allow the Police Department time to receive reports of possible stolen items. There are recent cases in the City of Ramsey and the City of Anoka where it was determined that the property that was taken in by the pawn dealer wagstolen but was not discovered until after the five day waiting period. The City of Anoka amended their ordinance on November 16, 200t, to the 30 day time period. Staff has written a letter to Mr. Nissen of Ralph's Guns and Pawn explaining this proposed change. If Council would introduce this ordinance tonight, and formally adopt it at the next Council meeting, this amendment would be effective on or before March 1, 2002. Council Action: Motion to introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 7 Licensing and Permits, Section 7.13 Pawnbrokers, Paragraph 7.13.0~6_6.~olding of Property, to increase the number of days a pawn shop has to hold items~';~e (5)~ays to thirty (30) days. 1 Reviewed by: x cd'fi/ _ , Sergeant Way Police Chief City Administrator City Attorney City Clerk CC: 01/08/02 -205-